Flow through barrel to prevent crossover in back-to-back blowout installations



Aug. 27, 1968 c. c. POPE 3,398,979

FLOW THROUGH BARREL TO PREVENT CROSSOVER IN BACK-TO-BACK BLOWOUT INSTALLATIONS l \'\"[..\'TORA COURTNEY C. POPE ATTORNEY A ug. 27, 1968 c. c:` PoPE 3,398,979

FLOW THROUGH BARREL TO PREVENT CROSSOVER IN BACK-TO-BACK BLOWOUT INSTALLATIONS Filed Nov. 50, 1966 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,398,979 FLOW THROUGH BARRELTOPREVENTv j CROSSOVER IN BACK-TO-BACK BLOW- OUT INSTALLATIONS v y Courtney C. Pope, Haines City, Fla., assignorv to' Sim-plici-ty Products Corporation, Haines City, Fla., a corporation of Florida l Filed Nov. 30, 1966, Ser. No. 598,060 1 Claim. (Cl. 285-64) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A xture assembly is provided for use with back-toback mounted water closets. The fixture assembly includes a barrel having openings in opposite sides thereof and. mounted with one of the openings opposite to each of the water closets, flow sleeves communicating with the openings and also with the water closets for delivering water -from the water closets tothe barrel, a first vertically extending soil pipe leading from above the barrel down into the barrel and past the sleeves and openings, a second soil pipe communicating with the barrel below the openings, and a baflle within the barrel dividing the interior of the barrel into two chambers. The baille extends to a point vertically below the sleeves for directing water from the sleeves down into the second soil pipe and preventing water flowing from one sleeve to cross the "barrel and enter the other sleeve. Since the first soil pipe extends downwardly past the sleeve and openings, water flowing from above the barrel is carried downward past the sleeves and openings to prevent entry of such water into the sleeves.

This application covers a vertically extending fixture which is a species of the invention described and claimed generically in my co-pending application Ser. No. 599,- 668, filed Dec, 2, 1966.

This invention relates to means for mounting wall hung water closets upon opposite sides of spaced apart wall sections and with the invention embodying a flow-through barrel having communication with each of the water closets in a back-to-back installation of blow-out type relation and with the barrel being provided with a baille plate that prevents the cross-over `of matter from one water closet to the other.

The barrel at its opposite ends communicates with each of the water closets and carries a lsoil pipe and a vent pipe, all of which are cast integral. The barrel and the water closets and a flow through sleeve all being supported upon fixed floor brackets.

Novel features of construction and operation of the device will be more clearly apparent during the course of the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein has been illustrated a preferred form of the device and wherein like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts throughout the several figures.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of the barrel mounted between a pair of walls and with the walls being shown in section,

FIGURE 2 is a central vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 of FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on line 3 3 of FIGURE 2,

FIGURE 4 is a longitudinal section taken substantially on line 4-4 of FIGURE 1, and

FIGURE 5 is a side elevational view of the fixture.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a concrete floor, supporting spaced apart walls 5' and 5.

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Each of the walls 5 and 5' are provided with openings 6 through which the several vitalizing elements may be mounted and adjusted.

Mounted upon rigid floor brackets 7 is a fixture including a barrel, `indicated as a whole by the numeral 8. The fixture includes an upper side wall 9 and a lower side wall 10. The upper wall 9 is integral with a soil pipe 11 and the pipe 11 is connected to the lower wall 10 by a baille vplate 12. The barrel 8 is open at its 'opposite 'sides and provided with circumferential flanges 13 that are circumferentially grooved at 14 to receive a packing ring 15, that is compressed into engagement within the groove 14 by a gland 16. The gland 16 compresses the packing 15 into fluid tight engagement with a sleeve 17 and with the sleeve 17 at its outer end having engagement with a packing 18, disposed within the groove 19, formed within the flanges 20 and 20 of the water closets 21 and 21. The sleeve 17 constitutes a flowthrough means from the commode 21 and 21' to the chambers 22 and 22', of the fitting 8. The gland 16 is forced into compressive engagement with the packing 15 by yspaced apart bolts 23 threaded into recesses formed around the flange 13. The chambers 22 and 22 communicates with a soil pipe 24 and the soil pipe 11, above the upper wall 9 of the fitting is provided with a hub 25. The chambers 22 and 22 also communicate with a vent pipe 26. As shown particularly in FIGURE 4, the soil pipe 11 and the baille 12 both extend downwardly past the sleeves 17 and the openings within flanges 13. This prevents any flow downwardly through soil pipe 11 from entering the sleeves, and the baille prevents flow from one sleeve from crossing the barrel `into the `other sleeve.

The water closets 21 and 21 are supported from the floor brackets 7, by bolts 27, one end of the bolts engaging the vertical slots within the floor brackets and fixed thereto in adjusted position by lock nuts 28. The bolts 27 extend through openings 29 within the wall sections and their outer ends are also threaded for engaging the openings in the flanges 20 and 20' of the water closets whereby the water closets are hung from the wall brackets 7, the bolts 27 receive cap nuts 29 clamping the water closets to the floor brackets 7 and against the outer faces of the walls and against the outer ends of the sleeve 17. Within the openings 6 of each wall section, there is disposed a tiling frame 30, furnishing a guide for the mechanic installing wall tile.

In the use ofthe device, the floor brackets 7 are anchored to the floor 5 in suitably spaced apart relation. The barrel 8 is then mounted between the floor brackets 7 and connected with a continuous section of soil piping, connected to the soil pipe 24. The sleeves 17 are then cut to the desired length and inserted into the openings of the barrel 8 after which the packing 15 is installed within the groove, and the gland 16 connected to the flanges 13 by screws or bolts 23, compressing the gasket or packing into tight engagement with the end portion of the sleeve 17. The Water closet 21 is then moved into engagement with the outer end of the sleeve 17, causing it to compress the gasket 18 and the water closet then connected to the bolts v2.7 and pulled up tightly. Prior to the mounting of the water closet upon the bolts 27, the tiling frame 30 is engaged within the opening 6 and mounted upon the bolts 27 to be secured thereto by lock nuts 31.

Should any adjustment be necessary with respect to the fixture, the operator may. have access thereto through the opening 6, by first removing the water closet 21 and the tiling frames 30 and 30'.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a very simple and novel fixture has been provided for the backto-back mounting of water closets flowing into a common. .barrel, .whe re they are, divided to enter thevsoil pipe 24 Flow-through from one water closet to the other is prevented by the baffle plate 12 especially desirable wherethe liushing of the toilets in the blowout fixture. The major components of the fixture are all molded as a single casting, including the section of soilv pipe 24 and greatly simplifies the installation of water closets to freely fiow from either water closet, striking the baftie plate 12 and dividing the flow to fall downwardly through the pipe 2 4. The hubs 25 and 26 permit of similar insthallationson several fioors, withall of the soil pipes being vertically `ananged and also the vent, that also communicates with the chambers 22 and 22.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown, but that changes are contemplated as readily 4fall Within the spirit of the invention as shall be determined by the scope `of the subjoined claim.

I claim:

1. A fixture assembly for water closets provided on opposite wall areas in back to back relation, said fixture including in combination a barrel having openings in opposite sides thereof and mounted between said wall areas with one of said openings opposite each of said water closets, said barrel having a vertically extending fow path through the same to receive water from said water closets and also to receive water from above said water closets, ow sleeves for communicating respectively with said water closets for delivering water from said water closets to said barrel, a first vertical soil pipe leading fromaboye said barrel into said barrel and downwardly past said sleeves and said openings to a point below the same for carrying water from above said sleeves downwardly past said sleevesto prevent entry of such water into said sleeves, a second soil pipe communieating with said barrel belowsaid openings and said sleeves for carrying'otf water from said barrel, and a bafileextendingbetween said lfirst soil 'pipe within said barrel and the Wall 'of said barrel dividing the interior of said barrel into two chambers for respectively receiving the flow from said sleeves, said;baie extending vertically to a point below said sleeves and said openings for diiecting water ow from said sleeves downwardly into said second soil pipe and prventingwater fiow from one sleeve tolcross said barrel and enter vthe other sleeve.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,052,254 `2/19-13 Huss 285-153 2,686,321 8/1954 Schmid v 285-150 X 2,916,310 12/1959 Manas f 285-153 2,932,037 4/1960 Manas h i 4-252 3,268,919 8/1966 Pope 4-252 3,281,867 11/1966 Pope 285-64 X 3,319,267 5:/1967 Pope 4-252 CARLW.' TOMLIN, Primary Examiner. Wt L. SHEDD, ssstqntl,E xaminer. 

